Business Process Assessment Tools

As a service to the University, the Office of Internal Audit has created self-assessment tools that can be utilized by any department. These self-assessments are a series of yes/no questions directly related to current practices established by the various authoritative departments of the University that can provide guidance where business processes may need closer review to maintain compliance.

The Capital Equipment Process Assessment tools provides a department with an assessment tool to ensure equipment that is purchased for more than $5,000 is appropriately handled. Included within this assessment tool are Best Business Practices in the following areas:

Procedures that should be included with the hiring and training of employees

Segregation of duty considerations for persons who are may purchase, receive, inventory, or dispose of capital equipment

The Donation Process Assessment tool provides a department the ability to compare their current donations processes to donation best practices. This tool will provide Donation Process self-assessment in the following areas:

The General Business Process Assessment tool provides a department the ability to compare their current business processes against general business best practices. This self-assessment tool covers the following areas:

The Non-Capital Equipment Assessment tool provides a department the ability to compare their current Non-Capital Equipment processes to best practices. This self-assessment will cover the following areas:

The Payroll-HR Assessment tool provides a department the ability to compare their current Payroll and HR processes to payroll and HR best practices. This self-assessment will cover the following areas:

The Purchasing & Accounts Payable tool provides a department the ability to compare their current Purchasing and Accounts Payable practices against best practices. This self-assessment covers the following areas:

Risk is defined as the "possibility of an event occurring that will have an impact on the achievement of objectives." Departments within the University are exposed to a wide variety of risks daily. The impact of these risks could affect a department's finances, operations, sponsored funding, or reputation. To effectively manage these risks, it is necessary for management to implement a process to identify, assess, prioritize, and manage them. The following is a tool to facilitate the risk assessment process:

The Service Center Assessment tool provides a department the ability to compare their current Service Centers processes to service centers best practices. This self-assessment will cover the following Service Center areas: